KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Griffon Baseball is picked to finish 10^th out of 13 teams in the MIAA this season, per the preseason coaches' poll released Friday.

MoWest received 50 total points in the voting, slotted behind Northwest Missouri State in 9^th and ahead of 11^th place Northeastern State.

Griffon Baseball is set to embark on a new era this season, with first-year head coach Michael Keeran taking over as the fourth head coach in the 56-year history of the program.

Keeran signed 29 new players in the offseason – all transfers. Fourteen of the new players are pitchers.

Griffon Baseball is coming off of a 14-33 record last year with a 12-24 mark in MIAA play. MoWest narrowly missed out on a trip to the MIAA Baseball tournament – something the program hasn't qualified for since 2019.

MoWest opens the 2026 season with a three-game series at Metro State-Denver in Denver, Colorado. The series starts with a doubleheader on Saturday, January 31. The first game in that DH will start at 12 p.m. CT.